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bonny
[ bon-ee ]
adjective
- Chiefly Scot. pleasing to the eye; handsome; pretty.
- British Dialect.
- (of people) healthy, sweet, and lively.
- (of places) placid; tranquil.
- pleasing; agreeable; good.
adverb
- British Dialect. pleasingly; agreeably; very well.
noun
- Scot. and North England Archaic. a pretty girl or young woman.
Bonny
1/ ˈbɒnɪ /
noun
- Bight of Bonnya wide bay at the E end of the Gulf of Guinea off the coasts of Nigeria and Cameroon Former name (until 1975)Bight of Biafra
bonny
2/ ˈbɒnɪ /
adjective
- dialect.beautiful or handsome
a bonny lass
- merry or lively
a bonny family
- good or fine
a bonny house
- (esp of babies) plump
- dialect.considerable; to be reckoned with
cost a bonny penny
adverb
- informal.agreeably or well
to speak bonny
Derived Forms
- ˈbonnily, adverb
Other Words From
- bonni·ly adverb
- bonni·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bonny1
Example Sentences
Bonny Island in Nigeria and St. Michael's in Maryland had much in common in colonial times.
As if within her bonny smile and unshrinking friendliness he beheld something new and wonderfully beautiful.
Of course, yes—Maxwelton's braes are bonny—um—um—um—um—um—yes, oh yes.
"Five years in and out of the desk, in and out of his pocket—but all so nice and unsoiled and sweet and bonny inside," she added.
Laith will the lassie be to weet her bonny shoon, but lang ere the play'll be ower she'll wat her hat aboon.
Child Stig to the health of his bonny bride quaffed, And forest and meadow delightedly laughed.
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